Post by robnyc on Feb 14, 2017 14:10:42 GMT
This link courtesy Ken Layton on another forum:
www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=EB79A487112B48A296B38C81345C8C7F&nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=3B2C1FE2107D4BD5A4A68A488E9A2EC5
For my two cents, I see this as yet another indication of the decline in the pay-for-play amusement sector. I get around this city (NYC) a lot for both social and business reasons. Over the last 12 or-so years I have witnessed a noticeable reduction in the number of locations that host jukeboxes. For a while the internet based machines seemed to revive interest, and they are still dominant, be in the last 3 years I've begun to see those disappear or simply never get placed in some of the newer, more trendy locations. As someone who has operated music for almost 33 years, I see the likely reason daily. I first noticed a decline within a year after Napster broke wide in December 1999. That set the stage for people being unwilling to pay for music. rapid developments in personal audio followed and now nearly everyone has a video enabled device in their pocket. Since all of my locations now have free Wi-Fi I often see patrons streaming videos.
Jukeboxes are entering the category of "novelty items". I've joked with location owners that "if they paid for every photo they take of the machines, it wouldn't matter of they actually worked -or not".
Rob-NYC
www.vendingtimes.com/ME2/dirmod.asp?sid=EB79A487112B48A296B38C81345C8C7F&nm=Vending+Features&type=Publishing&mod=Publications%3A%3AArticle&mid=8F3A7027421841978F18BE895F87F791&tier=4&id=3B2C1FE2107D4BD5A4A68A488E9A2EC5
For my two cents, I see this as yet another indication of the decline in the pay-for-play amusement sector. I get around this city (NYC) a lot for both social and business reasons. Over the last 12 or-so years I have witnessed a noticeable reduction in the number of locations that host jukeboxes. For a while the internet based machines seemed to revive interest, and they are still dominant, be in the last 3 years I've begun to see those disappear or simply never get placed in some of the newer, more trendy locations. As someone who has operated music for almost 33 years, I see the likely reason daily. I first noticed a decline within a year after Napster broke wide in December 1999. That set the stage for people being unwilling to pay for music. rapid developments in personal audio followed and now nearly everyone has a video enabled device in their pocket. Since all of my locations now have free Wi-Fi I often see patrons streaming videos.
Jukeboxes are entering the category of "novelty items". I've joked with location owners that "if they paid for every photo they take of the machines, it wouldn't matter of they actually worked -or not".
Rob-NYC
